Peugeot 405 T15 GR

I like racing cars to have this degree of subtlety – i.e., none. This aggressive version of Peugeot’s 405 rally car was built for the Pikes Peak hillclimb in America.

Auto Union Type C

Auto Union Type C, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011

Another hillclimb special from another era. Auto Union adapted their Grand Prix car for hillclimbing purposes by sticking an extra pair of rear wheels at the back.

Toyota TS020 GT-One

Toyota TS020 GT-One, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011

Toyota’s striking Le Mans racer which came within a flat tyre of winning the race. There are rumours Toyota are considering a return to the 24 Hours using thier old F1 car factory in Cologne as a base.

Chaparral-Chevrolet 2J

Chaparral-Chevrolet 2J, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get the picture I wanted of the back of this highly unusual car.

With ground effect skirts (several years before they were seen in F1), a snowmobile engine was used to drive a pair of fans which sucked the car to the ground.

Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2

Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011

It’s no exaggeration to say Audi’s development of four-wheel-drive changed the face of rallying. This 1985 example of their Quattro added a double-clutch gearbox, boosting the car’s accelerative force as up-changes could be made without lifting the throttle.

A few years ago I was supposed to be driven up the Goodwood hill in this car. But I regretted urging the driver to give it plenty of stick when he gunned the engine on the line, dropped the clutch – and broke it.

Jaguar XJR12

Jaguar XJR12, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011

An iconic car of my youth resplendent in its glorious purple livery. Martin Brundle, John Nielsen and Price Cobb won Le Mans with it the year before the Mazda did.

34 comments on Top ten non-F1 cars at the Goodwood Festival

So jealous Keith. I care little for anything other than F1 cars, but I’d have given an arm and a leg to be at Goodwood! :P Seriously, it must be the single greatest weekend for a motorsports fan each year. I promise myself I’ll get there one day.

Were there any other Le Mans prototypes there? I would’ve thought they’d have the Sauber Mercedes C9 there if they have the Silk Cut Jaguar. Also, the R18 TDi has grown on me significantly since its launch.

ahh, its a beauty and the personification of a ‘Mad’ car. I wonder how many of the current or past drivers would have been brave enough to have done an aggresive (timed) hillclimb in that this weekend?

Right, that’s it. I can’t take it any more… next year I am going to the FOS and that’s the end of it. The Porsche 917 and 962, the McF1 GTR, the Mazda 787 (a particular favourite – see Gareth Jones On Speed a few weeks back for the story of that one) and the Jag XJR12… amazing.

Incidentally the XJR12 has another F1 link – it was one of Ross Brawn’s first projects…

Ah … the Porsche 917-30, aka “CanAm killer”. What a machine. I got to see the first year’s version of that car race up in Edmonton many moons ago. I had also previously seen the iconic Gulf liveried 917s at the 6 hr race at Watkin’s Glen, and was mesmerized by their amazing sound. When I arrived in Edmonton, I naively expected to have my socks blown off by the noises emitted from Penske’s turbo version, and was taken aback by their relative quietness. The Porsche 917 is my all time favorite race car.

The Turbine bike was quite something to see until it got put down on its second run on the friday. Does anyone now if it ran again?
Also watching the gymkhana master himself, Ken Block, fail his donuts was a good laugh.
Great day.